The reason for the high mark is the city has parks throughout it that are easily accessible to families.

Sacramento also has more playgrounds than anywhere else in the country.

One of the parks people love is McKinley Park.

This week, more than 2,000 volunteers are rebuilding a play structure that was burned down last year by an arsonist.

The park ranking was done by the nonprofit, Trust for Public Land.

Sacramento tied with San Francisco and Boston in this year's park score rating.

Officials said a great city doesn't exist without great parks, because parks bring neighbors together and help build a sense of community. Neighbors couldn't agree more.

Tamara Watson told KCRA 3 she lives just a mile away from McKinley park. She said the proximity of the park motivates her to exercise outdoors and meet new friends.

Sacramento was also given big kudos because 77 percent of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park. The city also did well for having four playgrounds for every 10,000 residents, that's nearly double the national average.

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